Architecture in Massachusetts

This faux Greek Revival mansion is a clever optical illusion tucked into a Beacon Hill alley.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

The oldest brick saltbox house in America.

This historic Victorian mansion is allegedly so haunted that a signed waiver is required to enter.

The first keystone arch railroad bridges constructed in America.

A historic bridge no one is allowed to cross.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

This clock tower is all that remains of Bird Hall, constructed by one of the founding families of this Massachusetts town.

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.

This building is more than 250 years old and was built in one of the first towns settled in Massachusetts.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."